TheHanging

The books in Lotte & Søren Hammer's crime series have sold more than 147,000 copies in Denmark alone, and before the Danish publication the first two volumes were sold to 16 countriesIn addition to selling 87,000 copies in Denmark, the first book in the series, The Hanging, has sold more than 30,000 copies in hardback in France and more than 20,000 hardbacks in GermanyThe Danish publisher, Gyldendal, are currently negotiating film rights for an international productionForeign rights in the series have been sold to 19 countries, including Japan, Korea, the US and numerous European territoriesLotte and Søren Hammer are a sister and brother from Denmark. Younger sister Lotte worked as a nurse after finishing her training in 1977 and her brother Søren was a trained teacher and a lecturer at the Copenhagen University College of Engineering. After Søren moved into the house where Lotte lived with her family in 2004 they began writing crime novels together. To date, they have written four books in this series. The Hanging is the first.On a cold Monday morning before school begins, two children make a gruesome discovery. Hanging from the roof of the school gymnasium are the bodies of five naked and heavily disfigured men. Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen and his team from the Murder Squad in Copenhagen are called in to investigate this horrific case - the men hanging in a geometric pattern; the scene so closely resembling a public execution. When the identities of the five victims and the disturbing link between them is leaked to the press, the sinister motivation behind the killings quickly becomes apparent to the police. Up against a building internet campaign and even members of his own team, Simonsen finds that he must battle public opinion and vigilante groups in his mission to catch the killers. A nerve-wrenching look at justice and retribution, The Hanging is a spectacular crime tale straight from the heart of Scandinavia.The first in an exciting new six-part crime series, international bestseller The Hanging is an explosive introduction to the dark world of Copenhagen police investigator Konrad SimonsenThe best Danish crime fiction in years. We are already looking forward to the next book in the seriesAn intricate, pacy readMuch praised by Nordic crime fiction aficionados . This serious, complex novel raises disturbing issuesA spine-tingling plotTerrific piece of Nordic noir . A rattle-paced, twisty thriller . I can't wait for the next in the seriesEnough twists and turns for even the most fervent of thriller fans ... A fine first effort which has already proved an international bestsellerSerious, complex novel by a Danish brother and sister raises disturbing issuesOutstanding crime thriller . Everything works in this dark Scandinavian procedural - the intelligent and complex plot, the fallible lead, and the atmospheric prose